Central Verification HNC/D AIT Graded Units

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Central VerificationHNC/D AIT Graded Units

• June 2006

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Graded Unit 1 (Examination)

• June 2006

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Verification Activity

• 24 centres selected for external verification
• Team of 5 moderators over 3 days
• Individual verification reports
• No holds
• Various approaches to marking and verification
• Some good practice

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Assessment Exemplars

• Revised exemplars addressed some of the
  difficulties experienced last session
• Questions more demanding in revised assessment
  exemplars still not demanding enough for the
  level
• Headroom for better answers needs addressing
  through the unit specification

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Marking and Verification

• Good practice identified at Graded Unit Workshops
  had been incorporated in marking and verification
• good evidence of prior verification and expanded
  marking schemes
• Clearer indication of marks within questions
• Action points from previous year had been
  addressed, where applicable.

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Suggestions

• Continued development opportunities for centres
  (dissemination of good practice and networking)
• Clearer guidance on central verification (dates,
  material to be provided, checklist of material
  submitted)
• Amended unit specification and exemplar material

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Graded Unit 2 (Examination)

• June 2006

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Verification Activity

• 6 centres selected for external verification
• Team of 5 moderators over 2 days
• Late submissions addressed by postal verification
• Individual verification reports
• One hold
• Various approaches to marking and verification
• Some good practice

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Assessment Exemplars

• Demanding papers
• Marking scheme very prescriptive
• Value of the case scenario?
• Marks were not awarded for referencing case
  scenario
• Did not allow the range of grades expected

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Marking and Verification

• Good evidence of prior and post-delivery
  verification
• Marking scheme amended to allow answers well
  below that expected at SCQF Level 8.

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Suggestions

• Continued development opportunities for centres
  (events to focus on delivery and marking of HND
  AIT graded units)
• Clearer guidance on central verification (dates,
  material to be provided, checklist of material
  submitted)

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Graded Unit 3 (Project)

• June 2006

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Verification Activity

• 6 centres selected for external verification
• Team of 5 moderators over 2 days
• Late submissions addressed by postal verification
  and visiting verification (one postal and one
  visiting)
• Individual verification reports
• No holds
• Various approaches to marking and verification
• Some good practice

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Assessment Exemplars

• Inconsistencies between unit specification and
  exemplars
• Poor guidance on making an assessment decision
• Scenario presented in Exemplar 1 was flawed and
  was open to misinterpretation
• Did not allow the range of grades expected

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Marking and Verification

• Good evidence of prior, ongoing and delivery
  verification, together with expanded marking
  schemes and marking checklists
• Good evidence of support given to students and
  feedback
• Need to reinforce independent working

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Suggestions

• Withdrawal of Exemplar 1
• Continued development opportunities for centres
  (events to focus on delivery and marking of HND
  AIT graded units)
• Clearer guidance on central verification (dates,
  material to be provided, checklist of material
  submitted)